A DOS color directory program - A useful alternative to the DOS dir command. Get a DOS dir in color and columns, etc. See Readme or Fastread at left.

The most current PUBLIC release version of MaxDIR is v2.29, which was assembled on 23 January, 2005.
The ZIP file is 52,659 bytes (52K) in length. The filename is mxdir229.zip
md5sum = 7869a3b2d900fc55a60d2f75b576982d

All features are working, and the configuration is there for you to customize or mess around with. You can create up to 24 of your
own configurations from within MaxDIR Config. You may also add and remove configurations from MaxDIR Config.

To make one of them the default, just rename it to maxdir.cfg. Otherwise, if you want to use maxdir2.cfg, you would type DI /zmaxdir2 .

If you have any questions about how to make MaxDIR run, please read the MaxDIR FAQ located in the left column.

If you are still having problems or if the FAQ sheet didn't answer your questions, please

TIP: Get ScreenToggle (7K) Freeware. Use it to 'toggle' your DOS screen between 25
and 50 (or 43)
line mode. ANSI.SYS is NOT needed! It is also Win95/98/ME compatible, and works either Full Screen or in a window. MaxDIR looks
even better in 50 line mode, too. ( Note: ScreenToggle is not needed under WinNT/ Win2000/ WinXP. )

v2.29

WHAT'S NEW for MaxDIR v2.29: (Current Release January 2005)

1)

Added ability to set default number of columns in MaxDIR Config.

2)

Added background color checking. MaxDIR now displays data using your
current custom background color. DOS can only have 8 background colors.
If you are using Windows, then MaxDIR will use the nearest DOS
compatible color selected by Windows..

3)

Backward compatibility with custom configurations upwards from v2.26.

4)

Removed cursor code from MaxDIR for better compatibility.

v2.28

WHAT'S NEW for MaxDIR v2.28: (Released October 2003)

1)

Fixed problem for Win9x based boot disks. After booting from the boot disk, MaxDIR would show wrong 'Total Clusters', causing
it to display incorrect disk size and percentage full. Using the /X option, it would also show incorrect total clusters and
clusters used. This problem did not occur on any other OS's, and it did not occur on fully booted Win9x OS's.

Added error checking to MaxDIR Config. Began coding for backward compatibility with old config files when new features are added.

v2.27

WHAT'S NEW for MaxDIR v2.27: (quickfix for v2.26, ~ January 2003)

1)

Fixed 'Divide Error' on last line of /x (extra drive info) option. Somehow missed a silly typo when testing 2.26...
This prevented it from showing the drive type.

2)

Added pause for /? (command list) on 25 line screens.

3)

Modified (Show available Drives) to show drives A / B if the current or checked drive is A / B.

v2.26

WHAT'S NEW for MaxDIR v2.26: (Released December 2002)

1)

Completely re-wrote the entire screen display system to allow for more display options and to allow for standard device
output. (stdio)

2)

Added ability to re-direct output to files/printers/ etc., when using the no color (/c) option or the ANSI option
(/j). ex: di /c > file.txt. ( This is good for exporting output to other applications. )

Made numerous changes to MaxDIR Config (CFG.EXE) to make it more user friendly. Updated all help screens, and each window has its own help.

8)

Optimized MaxDIR Memory for 128K model. Upped max files to 2400.

9)

Added ability to show space used up to 4GB. Previous limit was 2GB.

10)

Added ability to show files in 1, 2, 4, or 6 columns. It now shows filedates and times in 1 or 2 column modes.

11)

Added code to sort files by filedate/time.

12)

Add the /t option (Sort by Date/Time)

13)

Added ability to customize colors for 'File Dates' and 'File Times'.

v2.25

WHAT'S NEW for MaxDIR v2.25: (Project Dropped April 2001)

1)

Major re-write of several routines to allow for customization of colors, extensions, default command switches,
and program colorization.

2)

Developed configuration program (MaxDIR Config) to ease the customization of MaxDIR v2.25. MaxDIR Config uses
a GUI-like interface.

3)

Added code to allow the use of multiple configuration files. MaxDIR Config will allow up to 25 different configurations
an can use them via the /z command switch.

4)

Removed code (that's a first!) for the INI config files. Using an INI file approach was not going to work. Therefore,
MaxDIR Config was needed and is now much easier to use.

v2.24

WHAT'S NEW for MaxDIR v2.24: (Released May 2000)

1)

Added code to show available HD and network drives at top of listing.(I kept it from looking for floppy drives A & B
because it might activate the drive each time you execute DI.EXE. I will code in an option to check them in a future release.)

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